“It saddens me to see girls proudly declaring they’re not like other girls – especially when it’s 41,000 girls saying it in a chorus, never recognizing the contradiction. It’s taking a form of contempt for women – even a hatred for women – and internalizing it by saying, Yes, those girls are awful, but I’m special, I’m not like that, instead of stepping back and saying, This is a lie.
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The real meaning of “I’m not like the other girls” is, I think, “I’m not the media’s image of what girls should be.” Well, very, very few of us are. Pop culture wants to tell us that we’re all shallow, backstabbing, appearance-obsessed shopaholics without a thought in our heads beyond cute boys and cuter handbags. It’s a lie – a flat-out lie – and we need to recognize it and say so instead of accepting that judgment as true for other girls, but not for you.”
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“I’m not like the other girls”, Claudia Gray (via brandx)
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9:32 am • 4 April 2013 • 52,372 notes
My mother, ladies and gentlemen.
| Me: |
I don't get it, we agreed we wanted to keep things casual.
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| Mom: |
You know who else said that when we first started dating?
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| Me: |
Who?
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| Mom: |
Your dad. Which worked out well for me since I had a boyfriend. |
5:53 pm • 29 January 2013 • 2 notes